You accept Amelia's offer after Amanda's score starts to jump

You spend the next few days scrolling through the list of the higher scoring targets for breeding, not quite willing to take up Amelia's offer just yet. After all, considering impregnating yourself as part of the deal to bed and breed her, the prospect of what you might need to do to take her up on her offer left you feeling understandably uneasy.

You continue to scroll through the list, hoping beyond hopes to spot something you'd overlooked previously, or perhaps had written off as too difficult at the time. However, as you sit waiting for Dr Charms to meet you at the bar, you couldn't find anything that would score you high enough to ensure your win without travelling far and wide on leads you dig up as you go. It had worked so far, but the bonus list wasn't growing any longer and a brief run-in with another corporate ice queen type this morning confirmed that you don't get the bonus more than once for each type. To make matters worse, you back out of the bonus list to see that Amanda's score had rocketed up by 35.

"Fuck me!" You groan out loud slamming your head into the table of the booth seat at the bar.

"From what I heard you already have," Dr Charms giggles as she slides into the seat across from you.

"Sorry Doc," You apologise, before blinking a few times as you process what the doctor had said. "How did you..." You ask before the doctor laughs.

"Amelia and I are very close friends," Dr Charms replies with a soft smile leaning over and looking at your wrist. "Ah, guessing some of Amanda's conquests have given birth, must have been a hell of a party 9 months ago," Dr Charms adds with a giggle.

"So it would seem," You grumble massaging your forehead.

"Congratulations by the way," She adds with a soft giggle.

"Thanks," You say, shaking your head while looking at the scores again. "So should I be worried?" You ask gently, nursing the mocktail before you wishing it could have been its alcoholic sibling instead.

"Your first time on the receiving end?" Dr Charms asks with a wicked grin.

"Yeah," You reply. "Had a few close calls here and there, but Amelia has me where she wants me," You add with a rueful smile.

"She always does with her playthings," Dr Charms replies with a grin. "Myself included," She adds with a wink.

"So, anything I should worry about with my mods influencing things and being the Father and Mother?" You ask nervously.

"Nothing you need to be worried about, in this wonderous day and age even if something crops up it's picked up early and nearly always treatable," Dr Charms replies with a smile. "I'm rather curious myself if some of the 'off market' mods carry over," Dr Charms adds with a smile. "Although even if they do it'll just mean they'll be as virile as you," Dr Charms says with a grin.

"Maybe I should keep a journal of where I've been, keep them out of trouble," You muse, resting a hand on your stomach.

"Well given how many half-siblings they'll have... or would they be three-quarter siblings?" Dr Charms replies musing on the point before laughing and shaking her head. "Still even if they did accidentally hook up with a sibling, it's not like that's much of a problem these days," She adds with a smile.

"I know, but I'd rather save myself that awkward call of 'Hey Mom, why didn't you tell me I had siblings in this system?'" You reply rubbing your own head, knowing full well, that with how long people live now, that it's not so uncommon it was for someone's promiscuous past to catch up to them.

"I dunno, some people really get off on twisting the old family tree," Dr Charms giggles, giving the waiter a wink as she takes her own mocktail and sips the fruity mix. "Haven't you ever thought about taking a nibble of that forbidden fruit?" Dr Charms asks with a grin.

"Can't say that I have," You say shaking your head and laughing to yourself.

"Pitty," Dr Charms replies, licking her lips in a sultry manner.

"I take it, you've definitely thought about it," You ask, taking a big sip from your drink.

Dr Charms giggles and leans across the table, cupping a hand around one of your ears to whisper. "Amelia lets me call her Mommy when she's rewarding me," She whispers with a big smile. "Maybe yours might be like me, with such a sexy Mom around," Dr Charms adds with an evil smile.

"Well if that's what they're into, that's on them, they'll either end up with a list of places to avoid or a treasure map to all the forbidden fruit they can hunt," You reply shaking your head.

You spend the rest of the evening talking with the good doctor before calling it a night, comfortable knowing that there shouldn't be any issues with the cells rapidly dividing and growing into a new life. You were also happy to hear that with a few over the counter stims and medicines you should be to avoid a good deal of the discomfort, although at some point you would find yourself grounded. Which would give Amanda at least a few months to pick her way through the galaxy while you'd be trying to charm people while heavily pregnant.

Even if you could pull back ahead of Amanda and establish an impressive lead, it would still give her time to catch up and win, unless you could pull off something spectacular. Something Amelia did offer you, but it's whether you're willing to accept the veiled threat about what that offer might entail. Although given this entire bet might be some bizarre scheme Amanda cooked up to be with you, even at the cost of your freedom for a good few years.

With a heavy sigh, you start a call on the rooms holo terminal, Amelia's face soon projecting before you, her full lips curling into a broad smile. "Claire, how wonderful to see you," Amelia says in a warm tone. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"

"Can't a girl call her Baby Momma just to say hello?" You reply with a grin.

"By all means, but I assume that's not why you're calling me," Amelia replies with a wicked grin.

"No," You admit rubbing the back of your neck. "It's about your offer," You say softly.

"Oh, and what offer might that be?" Amelia replies in a teasing tone.

"The offer to give me a lead to win this bet with your daughter," You say, already feeling your stomach begin to churn slightly as your unease grows.

"Ah, so you're calling to accept?" Amelia says with an evil smile.

"Yeah, I reckon so," You reply nervously.

"You don't sound too sure, where's that's captains confidence you strode over to me with?" Amelia says with a teasing giggle that makes you shiver.

"Well there was that ominous comment about not liking what, I'd have to do," You reply

"I said, you might not like it, on the other hand, you might love it," Amelia says in a sultry tone. "A woman of culture such as yourself, I'm sure has many perversions," She adds with a grin.

"Can you at least tell me who the lead is?" You ask with a sigh.

"I suppose so," Amelia replies with a smile. "Does the name Azure mean much to you?" Amelia asks with a coy smile.

"The veritable titans of the shipbuilding industry, that Azure?" You ask hesitantly.

"The very same," Amelia replies

"Yeah, you could say I'm familiar with them and their work," You reply, avoiding the urge to state that any space captain worth their flight suit knows that name, most ships.

"Well, I happen to have been recently contacted by someone from their business, someone who's looking to tarnish the good name of one May Azure in order to try and secure their own place on the board when the head steps down," Amelia explains with a wicked smile.

"Got to love family-run corporations," You reply shaking your head. "So how would this work?" You ask.

"Well, my contact will want some insurance that you won't disclose anything about their plan, I'm not sure what that'll even involve truth be told," Amelia replies with a smile. "However, if you do well, then they'll set you up with access to May so you can pop that princess' cherry and leave her something to remember you by," Amelia says with a wicked grin.

You take a moment to think about what was on offer here, the points value alone for May was 100, then a multiplier if she carries to term, which given her family she probably would have to. It should by rights seal the deal and leave you the undisputed winner, although you definitely weren't fond of potentially making an enemy of the Azure company. But equally, part of you couldn't resist even the chance to be the one to have a pass at May Azure, the closest thing to galactic royalty there was.